Dark reading.com reported that the second annual "Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019," that "But the cloud is fraught with security challenges: Shadow IT, shared responsibility, and poor visibility put data at risk." The February 20, 2019 report entitled "As Businesses Move Critical Data to Cloud, Security Risks Abound" included these comments:

While many cloud security providers offer native security controls, it's up to the organization to apply and manage those controls or ones offered by third parties.

Researchers found the less customers are responsible for, the more confused they are about security responsibilities.

For instance, 54% of respondents expressed confusion with how they should be securing SaaS, even though their responsibility is limited to two things: data and user access and identity.

Take a look at the Oracle and KPMG Report and let me know what you think!

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